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Man hurls firebombs at U.K. immigration centre, kills himself

Emergency services erect a tent around the car allegedly involved in an incident near a migrant processing centre in Dover, England, Oct. 30, 2022. (Gareth Fuller/PA via PA) Emergency services erect a tent around the car allegedly involved in an incident near a migrant processing centre in Dover, England, Oct. 30, 2022. (Gareth Fuller/PA via PA)
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An attacker threw firebombs an immigration center in the English port town of Dover on Sunday before killing himself, officials said. Two other people were lightly injured in the attack and over 700 migrants had to be relocated.

The Kent Police force said 鈥渢wo to three incendiary devices鈥 were thrown at the facility where recently arrived migrants are taken, and two people received 鈥渕inor injuries.鈥

A news photographer at the scene said a man drove up and threw three gas bombs at the facility before driving to a nearby gas station and killing himself.

Police confirmed that 鈥渢he suspect was identified, and very quickly located at a nearby petrol station, and confirmed deceased." The force said 鈥渁 further device was found and confirmed safe within the suspect鈥檚 vehicle.鈥

Local lawmaker Natalie Elphicke said 鈥渁ll the people who are at the centre are being looked after and precautions are being made for their safety."

Dover is the arrival point for many migrants who cross the English Channel from France in small boats. The number of people making the hazardous journey across one of the world's busiest shipping lanes has risen sharply in recent years, with 40,000 reaching the U.K. so far this year, up from 28,000 in all of 2021 and 8,500 in 2020.

Dozens have died, including 27 people in November 2021 when a packed smuggling boat capsized.

Britain and France have wrangled over how to stop the people-smuggling gangs that organize the journeys.

Britain's Conservative government has announced a controversial plan to send people who arrive in small boats on a one-way journey to Rwanda. Critics say the plan is immoral and impractical, and it is being challenged in the courts.

Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick said he was being kept updated on the incident by police.

鈥淢y sympathies are with those involved and my thanks and admiration are with Kent Police and Border Force officers as they go about their essential work to keep us safe," he said.

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